OR Satellite Pharmacy Technician

Introduction
Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) OR Satellite Pharmacy Tech today with Texas Orthopedic Hospital.

Benefits
Texas Orthopedic Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
Colleague recognition program
Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.


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Job Summary and Qualifications
Pharmacy Technician is responsible for accurately performing advanced and basic pharmacy technician functions in a timely manner. In addition, they are responsible for performing duties associated with Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADCs), other specialized duties and/or leadership roles as assigned by the pharmacy management team.

What you will do in this role:

Accurately maintains and coordinates required documentation logs
Provide direction and training to other technicians as assigned.
Assists in the supervision of other technicians to ensure that policies and procedures and regulatory requirements are uniformly and consistently followed.
Responsible for maintaining medication storage and security as per regulatory requirements throughout the organization
Accurately performs audits (i.e. anesthesia, overrides, billing, etc.) as assigned.
Performs and monitors compliance for quality control and performance improvement functions as assigned
Accurately performs and documents monthly medication storage area inspections as assigned
Performs and supervises other technicians for administrative billing functions as assigned
Completes and monitors OR charges in a timely manner as assigned
Assists the pharmacists in clinical reviews as assigned (i.e. medication reconciliation, triaging reports, etc).
Performs Technician scheduling as assigned
Accurately performs required calculations
Accurately and safely compounds and label medications and parenteral admixtures
Always utilizes aseptic techniques in the preparation of parenteral compounding
Compliant with all USP 797 daily/monthly requirements (i.e. Cleaning laminar airflow cabinets and biological safety cabinets, wearing personal protective equipment, etc.)
Always obtains a final check from the pharmacist before releasing any prepared parenteral compounds, before packaging any medication, or dispensing any medication.
Prepares and monitors all work records needed for day at their designated times including the Discontinued, Transfers, and Discharges Lists of parenteral preparations and efficiently processes these reports before they are dispensed to the patient care areas.
Compounds chemotherapy preparation per established protocol
Ensures that medications and other pharmacy supplies are accurately transported in a timely manner to appropriate areas..
Accurately fills orders in the pharmacy
Ensures that medication returns are consistently and timely restocked in the pharmacy.
Performing daily ADC routines as assigned (i.e. restocks, outdates, discrepancy resolution, loading and unloading, etc.) and provides oversight of these activities for appropriate inventory management
Assist in education of new pharmacy ADC users and serve as a resource to both pharmacy and nursing staff for problems and/or questions.
Manages the ADC’s formulary for new medications. Will communicate with individual ADC users when errors are made and re-educate as to correct procedures.
Adjusts ADC Max and Par appropriately using everyday usage as well as quarterly Rx Auditor
Removes Medications from ADC appropriately due to non-usage
Utilizes the Medications Not Loaded report to load appropriate Medications in ADC . Manages user database
ADC Expiration Audits – enforces policy to reduce waste/expirations
Assists with narcotic ordering and maintains inventory as assigned
Narcotic Discrepancy Audits – Investigates Discrepancies to determine if true discrepancy and completes Audit sheets and/or incidence reports as appropriate.
Upload ADC data for data management software/diversion surveillance/ADC optimization
Replenishes ADCs, emergency cart trays and floor stock accurately and as needed
Establish and maintain daily batch reports
Monitor ADT activities and appropriately correct any problems
Accurately packages and prepares medications for dispensing as assigned
Appropriately and timely notifies the pharmacy inventory manager/buyer of products that need to be reordered.
Complies and supervises ongoing processes to monitor outdates as per policy and procedures
Performs receiving and check in of medication/supply orders as defined in policy and notifies the pharmacy inventory manager/buyer of any shortages, overages or product damage.
Manages drug supplies in a cost effective manner and identifies opportunities to minimize waste.
Performs the role of the Inventory Manager/buyer when that person is not available or as assigned.
Works with Inventory Manager, IV room and utilizes EXP reports to reduce expirations and waste in the ADC
Identifies, analyzes and evaluates data from a variety of sources as assigned.
What qualifications you will need:
2 years of hospital experience preferred
State Registration Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Technician - IV Certified must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
Licensed Pharmacy Technician, or Pharmacy Technician Certification Board
Opened in 1995, Texas Orthopedic Hospital was developed to provide high-quality, cost-effective, specialized orthopedic care in a streamlined environment focused on wellness, mobility and quick recovery. As one of the only specialty hospitals in the country focusing solely on orthopedics, Texas Orthopedic Hospital is pleased to offer all services conveniently located within one building. Texas Orthopedic Hospital is partially physician-owned and partners with Fondren Orthopedic Group, L.L.P., the largest and most comprehensive association of private orthopedic surgeons in the Houston area and one of the largest in the nation. Our physicians are internationally renowned and as a result, patients at Texas Orthopedic Hospital receive precise diagnoses and the very latest in treatment options. Texas Orthopedic Hospital is affiliated with HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.



"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our OR Satellite Pharmacy Tech opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, ****** orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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